I am intrigued by litmus tests. Consider the many definitions of the term, litmus test:
- A common chemical pH test that indicates whether a solution is acid or alkaline: red indicates an acid solution; blue indicates an alkaline solution.
- Any kind of social indicator used to classify someone either favorably or unfavorably.
- In politics, a question asked of a political candidate, the answer to which determines support or opposition.
- A crucial or revealing test in which there is one decisive factor.
- A test that produces a decisive result by measuring a single indicator.
I’d like to find the one thing, the one characteristic, the one reality, the one indicator, the one revealing factor that tells me I am in the presence of a holy person.
